Hallelujah by Lenard Cohen

The John Cale version of "Hallelujah" is on his album "Paris 1919"

Oops! It's not on "Paris 1919". Got it confused with "Andalucia".

Lvk47: What a great resource. I found what I was looking for. Patricia O'Callaghan, Real Emotional Girl. I knew I owned this song sung by a female vocalist, but couldn't find it. She's not exactly mainstream.

Marco: I have Famous Blue Raincoat--one of my favorite albums by Jennifer Warnes. This was the first album I checked. I checked it several times--even played it to make sure there wasn't an extra cut that wasn't on the label. While it is Leonard Cohen songs--that particular song is not on there--unless I've somehow missed something.

Might have to check out some of these other versions. But it was driving me crazy knowing I had this in my collection but couldn't find it.

ummm, my copy of "Famous Blue Raincoat" doesn't have it either. I sure wish it did. I heard Jeff Buckley's version on "West Wing" (or some other TV show) and spent a week trying to track down who it was. It's a great song, and Buckley's take on it is fantastic, as is the rest of his album.

Since we are so off the original topic ... one more great male version:

Rufus Wainwright - It appears in both the first "THE L WORD" "soundtrack" cd and the "SHREK" soundtrack

Interestingly enough, ALL MUSIC GUIDE suggested that John Cale's version actually is used in the Shrek film ... but that RW's version was used on the soundtrack album??

Does anyone know if this is true?